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R Shiny
Git / GitHub
SQL
HTML / CSS

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Last updated on 2022-02-14.

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Lars Schöbitz

I develop data science trainings and provide consulting services to manage the world’s poop. My work experience includes every sector under the sun, which has formed me into a highly adaptable and empathetic individual. I like to crochet, bake, cook, run, code, and play in my free time. I am a 101% type of person.

Work Experience

Open Science Specialist

Zurich, Switzerland

ETH Zurich

now - 2021

  • Support faculty, PhD, and MSc. students in all aspects of reproducibility and open science

Data Science Instructor

Zurich, Switzerland

Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich

now - 2021

  • Teach Data Science with R to civil servants

Data Science Instructor

Boulder, USA

Colorado University

now - 2021

  • Teach module on Data Collection & Analysis Tools in Global Engineering course

Director, Founder

Zurich, Switzerland

Lars Schoebitz GmbH

now - 2018

  • Teach Data Science with R, Git, and GitHub
  • Consultant for city-wide faecal sludge management systems

Data and Impact Expert

Essex, UK

Aquaconsult Limited

2021 - 2018

  • Venture Advisor for Transition to Scale Program in Urban Sanitation by Grand Challenges Canada

Data Science Intern

Zurich, Switzerland

Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich

2020 - 2020

  • Developed dashboards, data visualizations, R packages, and wrote communication material
  • Responded to data analysis requests from civil society, politics, universities, private and public sector

Consultant

Duebendorf, Switzerland

Eawag/Sandec

2020 - 2020

  • Preparation of factsheets for a publication on city-wide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) approaches and tools

Data Scientist

Putnam, USA

Biomass Controls PBC

2020 - 2017

  • Building tools for data visualisation and business intelligence using R Shiny framework
  • Support of R&D work and preparation of results for publications and conferences

Lead Consultant

Cap-Haitien, Haiti

Inter-American Development Bank

2020 - 2019

  • Team of Consultants: Berta Moya, Anthony Kilbride, Andy Peal
  • Development of city-wide faecal sludge management systems
  • Detailed review of design proposal for faecal sludge treatment plant

Data Scientist

London, UK

Gather

2018 - 2018

  • Supported conceptualization of data dive for urban sanitation data

Consultant

Geneva, Switzerland

World Health Organization

2018 - 2016

  • Proof of concept testing for monitoring indicators on safely managed sanitation (Target 6.2) and safely treated wastewater (Target 6.3) in the SDG agenda
  • Production of country files for SDG 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater safely treated

Research Project Manager

Duebendorf, Switzerland

Eawag/Sandec

2016 - 2012

  • Reserach project management in global, multi-discplinary teams
  • Research lead on several projects that aim to develop methods for diagnostic tools in faecal sludge management

Research Assistant

Durban, South Africa

PRG, University of KwaZulu-Natal

2012 - 2011

  • Drove a 1950s Land Rover on Durban highways to collect water samples from DEWATS plant
  • Emptied pit latrines with spades and shovels
  • Built a snooker-like table to separate pit contents into their individual constituents

Education

RStudio Instructor Programme

www

RStudio, PBC

2020

Environmental and Hygiene Engineering (Dipl. Ing.)

Giessen, Germany

Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences

2012

  • Performance Evaluation of a full-scale DEWATS plant in South Africa

Scholarship with ERASMUS (European Exchange Program)

Umea, Sweden

Umea University

2010

Change and Project Management

Mikkeli, Finland

Mikkeli University

2009

General qualification for university entrance

Verden, Germany

Gymnasium am Wall

2006

Publications

Corona veraendert Alltagssorgen nur wenig

N/A

Web article

2020

  • Published source code and data as GitHub repository

Hotel-Tourismus in Zuerich – Geschaeftstouristen und auslaendische Gaeste hinterlassen Luecke

N/A

N/A

2020

Estimating Safely Managed Sanitation in Urban Areas; Lessons Learned From a Global Implementation of Excreta-Flow Diagrams

N/A

Frontiers in Environmental Science

2020

Towards an off-grid fecal sludge treatment unit: demonstrating energy positive thermal treatment

Gates Open Research

N/A

2019

Methods to reliably estimate faecal sludge quantities and qualities for the design of treatment technologies and management solutions

N/A

Journal of Environmental Management, 223, 898-907

2018

Remote Sensing, Mobile Applications and Open Data Science Tools for Better Monitoring of Sanitation Systems

N/A

In HIC 2018. 13th International Conference on Hydroinformatics

2018

Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries

N/A

Oxon, UK: Routledge; Earthscan. 816p

2018

Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation

N/A

United Nations

2018

Progress on safe treatment and use of wastewater: piloting the monitoring methodology and initial findings for SDG indicator 6.3.1

N/A

World Health Organization and UN-HABITAT

2018

Country files for SDG 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater safely treated

N/A

World Health Organization

2018

Guidelines on sanitation and health

N/A

World Health Organization

2018

GIS analysis and optimisation of faecal sludge logistics at city-wide scale in Kampala, Uganda

N/A

Sustainability, 9(2), 194

2017

GIS analysis and optimization of faecal sludge logistics at city-wide scale in Kampala, Uganda. Supplementary Report

N/A

N/A

2017

Market driven approach for faecal sludge treatment products

N/A

In WEDC conference papers. WEDC conference 40 (p. 2807 (6 pp.)

2017

10 SFD Reports. Sanitation service delivery context analysis and mapping of excreta flows along the sanitation service chain and throughout the city

N/A

N/A

2016

FAQ: faecal sludge quantification and characterization; field trial of methodology in Hanoi, Vietnam

N/A

N/A

2014

References

Dr. Christian Zurbruegg

Duebendorf, Switzerland

Eawag/Sandec

now

  • Member of the Directorate & Group Leader Solid Waste Management

Matthias Mazenauer

Zurich, Switzerland

Statistical Office, Canton Zurich

now

  • Head of Department, Deputy Head of Office

Dr. Kate Medlicott

Geneva, Switzerland

World Health Organization

now

  • Team Leader Sanitation